The Self-Publisher, Part Two

I got a lot of likes on my post yesterday, but maybe I need to clarify this. This idea is for the self-publishing blog to be a community. It’s not just about me. It’s about having a stable of contributors, posting about what they’ve learned. What worked for them, what didn’t. Warnings about sites to avoid and pointing people towards sites that work. Promoting self-published authors we discover who are producing quality work.

I can’t do it myself. I don’t want to do it myself. I’d like to know if you’re interested in contributing. No requirements other than to post when you have something. A new site. A new author. A new idea. Whatever. I’ll set the blog up and write posts about my self-publishing journey, but it’s really up to others to keep it going. I probably haven’t touched more than the tip of the iceberg. This only works with a variety of voices, a range of experiences.

So, like this post. More importantly, tell me. Are you willing to contribute to the effort.

25 responses to “The Self-Publisher, Part Two”

I just tried to send you an invitation to join in as an author on the new self-publisher blog, but it said that Help Me Help Holly doesn’t exist as a WordPress user. Can you send me the email address linked to WordPress? Send it to mpaxson55@gmail.com. Thanks.

You will. Soon. 🙂 Seriously, this is not a blog where people have any obligation to post anything more than what they want and no more frequently than they want. But, I also want to see if we can support each other and expand the circle of people we support. One of the ideas I have is that we’ll promote self-published works but only if one of our contributors has read it and gives it a thumbs up. So, maybe some of us won’t have a lot to say about the self-publishing business (yet), but there coiuyld be other ways to contribute.

I was just being a brat because self-publishing scares me. I like the idea and want to contribute by reading and writing, it sounds like a great way to learn from others and grow in my writing network.

I didn’t see any brattiness. I’ve got enough interest that I’m going to set it up and see what happens. The good news is that as near as I can tell http://www.theselfpublisher.com seems to be available. 🙂

And, it is officially mine now. Or, I should say ours, with “ours” constituting the bloggers/ writers who have indicated a willingness to contribute. Maybe I’m an idealist, but really think this could become an incredible effort of many.

Cool on Tuesday and the blurb– I’ll send after I get a feel for what else is going up there. I don’t think you have to worry so much about how to start it, just write something and other ideas will grow from it. Maybe just something biographical about your own joys/trials with self-publishing?

I tried to send you an invitation to become an Author on the new website and it said there’s a problem .. that Sahm King doesn’t exist. This makes me sad. Do you have an email address linked to WordPress I can use? If so, send it to mpaxson55@gmail.com.

I like the idea. I don’t know if this is relevant..but what happens if you read someone’s book, support the idea that they have written it..but can’t think of anything much good to say about it? Bloggers have a sort of responsibility to be positive and supportive, and the only alternative seems to me to be to say nothing.

Then we would say nothing. I want to support self-publishers, but I also don’t want to support them just because their self-publishing. It’s gotta be something that one of us likes. Not exactly sure yet how the review/promotional piece will work, but in my head, a writer who is interested would send me an email about their work and then I’d send an email to our contributor list to see if anybody wants to read and review. If our readers don’t like it, we’d quietly let the author know. If our readers like it, we’d review and promote it on the site.